Name: Opportunity: A Life on Mars
Uploaded: 2019-01-01
Duration: 18 min 47 s
Description: This year we said goodbye to one of our most intrepid planetary explorers, the Opportunity rover. Take a look back at its storied 15-year mission on Mars, and how it revolutionized our understanding of not just the red planet, but our solar system at large.

This year we said goodbye to one of our most intrepid planetary explorers, the Opportunity rover. Take a look back at its storied 15-year mission on Mars, and how it revolutionized our understanding of not just the red planet, but our solar system at large.

Relive Opportunity's remarkable mission, from a planned 90-day expedition to nearly 15 years of exploration across the Martian surface. This episode reveals how the rover found evidence of ancient water, survived extreme dust storms, and transformed our understanding of Mars and the wider solar system. Sign up to see the science and the stakes come vividly to life.

A 15-year rover mission rewrites what we know about Mars.

Opportunity: A Life on Mars

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